Method, device and system for controlling application launching in a mobile terminal device

• US 9,398,137 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2005
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Saarisalo, Mikko
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Zhiyu
• Application Number:
  US11/912,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20080207128A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,109 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor

Abstract

The present invention generally discloses methods, devices and systems for controlling application launching by means of a dedicated application launching table. According to a first aspect of the present invention a method for controlling launching of an application in a first mobile terminal device is provided. Said first mobile device comprises a first near field communication (NFC) module. The method according to the present invention comprises the steps of maintaining a dedicated application launching table, detecting the presence of a second device adapted to communicate with said first terminal device, determining identification parameters relating to said second device, and launching at least one predetermined application in said first device, wherein said application is selected to be launched based on entries in said dedicated application launching table and on said determined identification parameters.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

maintaining a dedicated application launching table for launching an application in a device having a near field communication module, wherein said dedicated launching table comprises an interface configured to allow applications residing in said device to register within said dedicated application launching table;

receiving at least one of near field communication record type or tag type parameters from an external entity via the near field communication module; and

launching at least one application in said device, wherein said application is selected to be launched based on entries in said dedicated application launching table and on said received at least one of near field communication record type or tag type parameters.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

said interface to allow applications to perform entries within said dedicated application launching table based on at least a combination of said at least near field communication record type or tag type parameters and additional information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said near field communication record type parameters comprise information about a record type within said external entity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said tag type parameters comprise information about a physical type of said external entity.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving is provided by means of said near field communication module of said device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving is based on received information from said external entity.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining if said application requires interacting with a secure smartcard module embodied in said device configured to communicate with said external entity on the basis of said table entries; and

passing control of the near field communication module to said secure smartcard module in case of an affirmative determination, to communicate with said second external entity by connecting said near field communication module with said secure smartcard module.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

starting a data transaction between said device and said external entity based on a near field communication interface provided by said secure smartcard module without user input by means of said first device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said launching is based on received environmental data taken from the group consisting of temperature, air pressure, and humidity.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein said external entity is one of an active RFID tag, a passive RFID tag, a point-of sale terminal, a vending machine for issuing electronic tickets, a vending machine for reading the issued electronic tickets, or another mobile device equipped with a near field communication interface.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein said near field communication parameters include NTIP of transport format type parameters.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface allows applications to register within said dedicated application launching table when initiated by the terminal at a first time.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the interface allows applications to register within said dedicated application launching table dynamically after initial setting.

10. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a computer readable, non-transitory storage medium, the computer executable program code, when executed by a computer processor, comprising:

program code in said computer readable medium for maintaining a dedicated application launching table for launching applications in a device having a near field communication module, wherein said dedicated launching table comprises an interface configured to allow applications residing in said device to register within said dedicated application launching table;

program code in said computer readable medium for receiving at least one of near field communication, record type or tag type parameters from an external entity via the near field communication module; and

program code in said computer readable medium for launching at least one application in said device, wherein said application is selected to be launched based on entries in said dedicated application launching table and on said received at least near field communication record type or tag type parameters.

25. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein said near field communication parameters include NTIP or transport format type parameters.

31. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the interface allows applications to register within said dedicated application launching table when initiated by the terminal at a first time.

32. The computer program product of claim 31, wherein the interface allows applications to register within said dedicated application launching table dynamically after initial setting.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code;

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to;

maintaining a dedicated application launching table for launching an application in the apparatus having a near field communication module, wherein said dedicated launching table comprises an interface configured to allow applications residing in the apparatus to register within said dedicated application launching table;

receive at least one of near field communication record type or tag type parameters from an external entity via the near field communication module; and

launch at least one application in the apparatus, wherein said application is selected to be launched based on entries in said dedicated application launching table and on said received at least near field communication record type or tag type parameters.

26. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said near field communication parameters include NTIP or transport format type parameters.

33. Apparatus of claim 11, wherein the interface allows applications to register within said dedicated application launching table when initiated by the terminal at a first time.

34. Apparatus of claim 33, wherein the interface allows applications to register within said dedicated application launching table dynamically after initial setting.

12. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured to maintain a dedicated application launching table for launching applications in in the apparatus having a near field communication module, wherein said dedicated launching table comprises an interface configured to allow applications residing in said apparatus to register within said dedicated application launching table;

a near field communication module coupled to said processor, configured to receive at least one of near field communication record type or tag type parameters from an external entity via the near field communication module; and

said processor further configured to launch at least one application in the apparatus, wherein said application is selected to be launched based on entries in said dedicated application launching table and on said received at least one of near field communication record type or tag type parameters.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a secure smartcard module coupled to said processor in said apparatus;

said processor configured to determine if said application requires interacting with said secure smartcard module for communicating with the external entity on the basis of dedicated entries in said application launching table.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a memory coupled to said processor configured to store said dedicated application launching table;

said processor configured to enable applications to perform entries within said dedicated application launching table based on at least a combination of said at least near field communication record type or tag type parameters and dedicated information in said table.

22. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said external entity is one of an active RFID tag, a passive RFID tag, a point-of sale terminal, a vending machine for issuing electronic tickets, a vending machine for reading the issued electronic tickets, or another mobile device equipped with a near field communication interface.

27. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said near field communication parameters include NTIP or transport format type parameters.

35. Apparatus of claim 12, wherein the interface allows applications to register within said dedicated application launching table when initiated by the terminal at a first time.

36. Apparatus of claim 35, wherein the interface allows applications to register within said dedicated application launching table dynamically after initial setting.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

means for maintaining a dedicated application launching table for launching applications in the apparatus having a near field communication module, wherein said dedicated launching table comprises an interface configured to allow applications residing in the apparatus to register within said dedicated application launching table;

means for receiving at least one of near field communication record type or tag type parameters from an external entity via the near field communication module; and

means for launching at least one application in the apparatus, wherein said application is selected to be launched based on entries in said dedicated application launching table and on said received at least one of near field communication record type or tag type parameters.

28. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said near field communication parameters include NTIP or transport format type parameters.

37. Apparatus of claim 15, wherein the interface allows applications to register within said dedicated application launching table when initiated by the terminal at a first time.

38. Apparatus of claim 37, wherein the interface allows applications to register within said dedicated application launching table dynamically after initial setting.

16. A system, comprising:

a first device configured to maintain a dedicated application launching table for launching applications in a device having a near field communication module, wherein said dedicated launching table comprises an interface configured to allow applications residing in said first device to register within said dedicated application launching table;

a second device adapted to communicate with said first device;

a near field communication module in said first device, configured to receive at least one of near field communication record type or tag type parameters from said second device via the near field communication module; and

said first device configured to launch at least one application in said first device, wherein said application is selected to be launched based on entries in said dedicated application launching table and on said received at least one of near field communication record type or tag type parameters.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the external entity comprises a radio frequency identification transponder.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the radio frequency identification transponder comprises a passive radio frequency identification tag capable of collecting energy from received communication signals and using said collected energy for responding to said received communication signals.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the external entity comprises a point-of sale terminal capable of communicating using a second near field communication module.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the external entity comprises a second near field communication module.

23. The system of claim 16, wherein the second device is one of an active RFID tag, a passive RFID tag, a point-of sale terminal, a vending machine for issuing electronic tickets, a vending machine for reading the issued electronic tickets, or another mobile device equipped with a near field communication interface.